Saturday night saw the first meeting between the Statesmen and the Cambridge Eskimos. In a good natured and close game saw the Eskimos win 4-3.
The Statesmen still having a bit of trouble scoring went down 2-0 in the first 5 mins of the 1st period, 1 of the goals on a dubious penalty. The Stig and Bob Hedley then got the Statesmen back into the game to end the period 2-2.
Lot's of missed chances from both teams and with the Eskimos leading 4-3 on a couple of breakaway chances that were buried, saw the Statesmen pull the goalie with a minute to go and a couple of good chances missed and suprisingly not an empty netter saw the game finish 4-3.
MOTM James
Monday 26 January 2009
Thursday 15 January 2009
WC - Loss v Eagles
Wednesday night saw the second leg of the WC against the London Eagles, having lost the first game 12-2 we knew we were in for a battle but went into the game very positively after the win on Saturday, this lasted all of about 40 seconds when the Eagles scored their 1st goal of the period. The Statesmen started off flat and seemed nervous against the Eagles who can pass the puck around well, after 10 mins it was 3-0, the poor start deflated the team but buoyed by a couple of good shifts the Statesmen got back into the game and proved that we could skate with them with Mark Fenwick getting a goal and host of missed chances towards the end of the 1st to get within a goal.
Determined not to start the 2nd the way we did the first, the Statesmen inevitably started the same way and another shocking 10 mins (running clock) saw the Statesmen down 6-1, yet again like the first the Statesmen then got back into the game with some good chances not buried by both teams. The third started off a lot better and we continued to battle throughout with James getting a natural hat trick and the Statesmen drew the final period 3-3. A good and entertaining game with the scoreline that maybe shouldnt have been so 1 sided if only the Statesmen could have buried some of the sitters that we had.
MOTM James
Determined not to start the 2nd the way we did the first, the Statesmen inevitably started the same way and another shocking 10 mins (running clock) saw the Statesmen down 6-1, yet again like the first the Statesmen then got back into the game with some good chances not buried by both teams. The third started off a lot better and we continued to battle throughout with James getting a natural hat trick and the Statesmen drew the final period 3-3. A good and entertaining game with the scoreline that maybe shouldnt have been so 1 sided if only the Statesmen could have buried some of the sitters that we had.
MOTM James
Milestones
Congratulations to Michael Baker who has now reached 251 games for the club, Dan O'Dell for reaching 50 points and James for getting 50 goals, well done to you all.
Sunday 11 January 2009
WC - Finally a win
The Statesmen kicked off the New Year with a win in the WC against the London Spitfire's, 5-4. The Spitfires kicked off the 1st period, scoring after 2 mins, in what was a fairly slow paced game from the start and thoughts of too much turkey at Christmas comes to mind, the Statesmen then equalised from James after 7 mins off of Frank and Rich, getting their first Statesmen points. The Spitfires then regained the lead after 11 mins and got another 5 mins later finishing the 1st period up 3-1.
There must be somthing strange about getting a 3-1 lead in the WC as for once the Statesmen started off better in the 2nd with Marcus getting his first Statesmen goal after 3 mins on a nice backhand, then after 34 mins Ty got the tying goal on a superb slap shot from outside the blue line ting in off of the post in which Ben was just a spectator (;-)) James then added another just before the end of the period on a nice shorthanded effort.
Once winning the game then seemed to take a strange twist with the Spitfires refusing to play as they thought there was too much contact going on and with the Ref on the sidelines thought someone might get hurt, fair enough but I personally didnt seem to think the game was dirty at all but then what do I know, the 3rd period was played on the proviso that there was no contact. This didnt really last long for the Spitfire's as after 2 mins there was 'contact' on the boards with Ty ending up with a slashing penalty, mmmm. What with this and running clock the Statesmen played a smart and almost farcical 3rd period with James getting his hat trick, the Spitfire's then almost immediatly getting 1 back to finish the game at 5-4.
MOTM James
There must be somthing strange about getting a 3-1 lead in the WC as for once the Statesmen started off better in the 2nd with Marcus getting his first Statesmen goal after 3 mins on a nice backhand, then after 34 mins Ty got the tying goal on a superb slap shot from outside the blue line ting in off of the post in which Ben was just a spectator (;-)) James then added another just before the end of the period on a nice shorthanded effort.
Once winning the game then seemed to take a strange twist with the Spitfires refusing to play as they thought there was too much contact going on and with the Ref on the sidelines thought someone might get hurt, fair enough but I personally didnt seem to think the game was dirty at all but then what do I know, the 3rd period was played on the proviso that there was no contact. This didnt really last long for the Spitfire's as after 2 mins there was 'contact' on the boards with Ty ending up with a slashing penalty, mmmm. What with this and running clock the Statesmen played a smart and almost farcical 3rd period with James getting his hat trick, the Spitfire's then almost immediatly getting 1 back to finish the game at 5-4.
MOTM James
WC - Loss to Legion
This was the last WC game of the year and the last against the Legion, again heading into the 3rd period up 3-1 saw the Statesmen lose the game 4-3, a dissapointing loss and end to the year.
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